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Iraq pushes Covid-19 vaccine rollout amid widespread apathy, rumors

So far, fewer than than 380,000 people have been fully vaccinated in the country of 40 million.

Published on May 5, 2021, 2:52 PM IST

Explosives-laden drone targets US forces at Iraq's Erbil airport

Smoke rises over the Erbil, after reports of mortar shells landing near Erbil airport, Iraq February 15, 2021.

Published on Apr 15, 2021, 2:31 PM IST

Pope leaves Iraq for Rome after historic whirlwind visit

Pope Francis boards a plane upon concluding his visit to Iraq at Baghdad airport, Iraq, Monday, March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Published on Mar 8, 2021, 12:41 PM IST

Pope visits Iraq's war-ravaged north, urges minority to stay despite instability

IS overran Mosul in June 2014 and declared a caliphate stretching from territory in northern Syria deep into Iraq’s north and west. It was from Mosul’s al-Nuri mosque that the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, made his only public appearance when he gave a Friday sermon calling on all Muslims to follow him as “caliph.”

Published on Mar 7, 2021, 5:18 PM IST

Iraqi Shiite leader reaffirms coexistence after meeting pope

Shiite Muslim leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, left, meeting Pope Francis, 2nd left, along with Christian priests in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021.

Published on Mar 6, 2021, 1:34 PM IST

Iraq's struggling Christians hope for boost from pope visit

Nasser Banyameen inspects his neighbor's damaged house in Qaraqosh, Iraq, . Iraq's Christians are hoping that a historic visit by Pope Francis in March will help boost their community's struggle to survive.

Published on Feb 24, 2021, 1:25 PM IST

11 Iraqi fighters killed in IS attack: Report

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but security sources interviewed by AFP blamed IS.

Updated on Jan 24, 2021, 2:14 AM IST

Joe Biden’s Iran problem is getting worse by the day. Here’s why

US President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team has declined to comment in detail about the latest developments.

Updated on Jan 5, 2021, 6:52 PM IST

Israel dismisses Iran’s charge of tricking US into war as ‘nonsense’

An Israeli official dismissed as “nonsense” on Sunday an allegation by the Iranian foreign minister that Israel was trying to trick the United States into waging war on Iran

Updated on Jan 3, 2021, 3:47 PM IST

Iraq agrees $2 billion prepayment oil supply deal with Chinese company

The oil-supply deal attracted widespread interest among major traders, according to people familiar with the matter. The contract will be one of the largest of its kind in recent history and it allows the winner to ship crude to wherever it wishes for a year.

Updated on Jan 3, 2021, 2:10 PM IST

Iraq says it has dismantled mine on tanker in Persian Gulf

An aerial photo shows oil tankers load crude oil at Iraq’s Al-Basra Offshore Terminal in Basra, Iraq.

Published on Jan 3, 2021, 4:10 AM IST

Iraq explosives experts working to defuse mine on oil tanker

An aerial photo shows oil tankers load crude oil at Iraq’s Al-Basra Offshore Terminal in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, December 27, 2020.

Published on Jan 1, 2021, 10:12 PM IST

Syrian state media says 28 killed in a bus ambush in Deir al-Zor

The village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria.

Published on Dec 31, 2020, 2:13 AM IST

Iran minister rubbishes Trump’s accusation of US Embassy attack in Baghdad

Trump, without giving evidence, said on Twitter on Wednesday that the rockets that landed in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Sunday, in an attack targeting the US Embassy, were from Iran and “we hear chatter of additional attacks against Americans in Iraq.”

Updated on Dec 24, 2020, 12:38 PM IST

Iraq bans air travel with eight nations over new variant of virus

The two-week travel prohibition covers Britain, South Africa, Australia, Denmark, Iran, Japan, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Published on Dec 22, 2020, 10:27 PM IST

3 rockets target US Embassy in Baghdad: Report

The C-RAM system was installed by the US over the summer as armed groups stepped up rocket attacks targeting the embassy and its premises.

Updated on Dec 21, 2020, 12:48 AM IST

Iraq devalues currency by record against dollar as economy wilts

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, who came to power in May, has warned that the government will struggle to pay civil servants without raising more debt.

Updated on Dec 19, 2020, 9:33 PM IST

Situation in Bengal worse than Kashmir, says BJP’s Dilip Ghosh

BJP State President Dilip Ghosh addresses a rally at Patiram in South Dinajpur district of West Bengal, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020.

Published on Dec 16, 2020, 4:05 PM IST

China set to bail out Iraq with multibillion-dollar oil deal

Oil and gas tanks are seen at an oil warehouse at a port in Zhuhai, China.

Published on Dec 9, 2020, 5:21 PM IST

Iraqis slowly rebuild Mosul, with little aid from government

The UN has estimated that over 8,000 Mosul homes were destroyed in intense airstrikes to root out IS.

Updated on Dec 9, 2020, 12:59 PM IST

Pope Francis to visit Iraq in March 2021

Pope Francis holds weekly audience at the Vatican.

Published on Dec 8, 2020, 1:10 PM IST

Nobel laureate says pandemic raising violence, trafficking

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad spoke virtually at a UN meeting Monday titled “Locked Down and Locked-In: Standing Against Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Published on Dec 1, 2020, 1:44 PM IST

Iraq: Unmasked demonstrators take to the streets in support of radical cleric

Most of al-Sadr’s followers stood unmasked in the square, chanting: “Yes, yes for our leader,” in support of the firebrand cleric as Iraq remains a high-risk country for coronavirus infection.

Published on Nov 27, 2020, 8:17 PM IST

UAE halts visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim states including Pakistan

The document said applications for new employment and visit visas had been suspended for nationals - those outside the UAE - of 13 mostly Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Updated on Nov 25, 2020, 10:18 PM IST

US decision to reduce troops in Afghanistan, Iraq draws ire

The US government on Tuesday announced that the number of American troops stationed in Afghanistan will be cut by half by mid-January.

Updated on Nov 19, 2020, 2:14 AM IST

Pentagon to cut troop levels to 2,500 in Iraq, Afghanistan

The withdrawal plan falls short of Trump’s oft-repeated vow to end America’s long wars. It also runs counter to his guidance that troop withdrawals be based on the conditions on the ground, not a date on the calendar.

Updated on Nov 18, 2020, 6:34 AM IST

Donald Trump poised to order troop cuts from Afghanistan and Iraq

US Army soldiers oversee Afghan National Army trainees at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province.

Updated on Nov 17, 2020, 3:48 PM IST

Iran records highest daily Covid-19 deaths; Iraq’s tally over 460,000

According to the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education’s website, after the death of 415 people in the past 24 hours, the epidemic has claimed 33,714 lives in Iran so far.

Published on Oct 29, 2020, 12:38 PM IST

Shutting the US embassy in Baghdad would be counterproductive

Iraqi counter-terrorism forces stand guard in front of the US embassy in the capital Baghdad. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

Updated on Oct 20, 2020, 1:08 PM IST

Iraq oil minister sees oil at $45 in first quarter of 2021: Report

Ihsan Abdul Jabbar speaks during an interview.

Updated on Oct 11, 2020, 7:02 PM IST

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